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Hello, First overwinter and this winter has been unseasonably warm in spots. Central Indiana has seen many warm days in February and i witnessed the colony taking in pollen recently, so i fear an early population build. My hive is strong, and i was planning to split, but i know the wisdom is...

I have a double nuc doing well and tomorrow will be adding a small pollen sub. I have mountain camp dried sugar on at the moment. Last warm day we had last week they were bring in some pollen. I have a empty frame feeder on. Should I replace the empty frame feeder with a frame of honey? I get...

Last fall I collected six pounds of beautiful sweet pollen from one double deep colony with the hope of refeeding it in late winter to my "survivor" bees. From what I can find from searching the topic here on beesource most people agree on feeding this supplement about six weeks before natural...